TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
鞏
鞏 ＝ 革 ＋ 巩
ㄍㄨㄥˇ · gǒng
verb — to bind fast, to make firm
字源 FORM — what the parts do
巩聲gǒng — gives the soundhands (丮) holding work (工) — gripping tight
Leather (革) below, 巩 above — hands gripping the work tight. 巩 gǒng carries the whole sound exactly. To lash something down with a hide thong until it can't shift: 鞏固, to make solid.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩手（巩）攥住皮繩（革），一圈圈捆死——鞏固。
Two hands (巩) seize the leather thong (革), lashing round and round until it holds — made fast.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鞏— to bind fast with leather
→鞏固— to consolidate, to make firm常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
巩gǒngthe sound half — bare 巩 is the gripping hands; 鞏 binds them with leather ()固gùthe partner in 鞏固 — 固 walls something in (囗), 鞏 lashes it with hide ()